Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Performing at Rajarani Music Festival-2016, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Background information
Birth name Ashwini Govind Bhide
Born (1960-10-07) October 7, 1960
Origin Mumbai, India
Genres Khayal, Bhajans, Thumris
Occupation(s) Hindustani classical vocalist
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1980–present
Associated acts Jasrangi with Sanjeev Abhyankar
Website http://www.ashwinibhide.in

Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born on October 7, 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She pursues the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, although also influenced by Mewati Gharana and Patiala Gharana. She is known for her rendering of 'Kabir Bhajans' [1]

Early life and training

Born in Mumbai into a family with strong musical traditions, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande started her early classical training under the guidance of Narayanrao Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Since then, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande has been under the tutelage of her mother Smt. Manik Bhide, who has been instilling in her the intricacies and traditions of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Dr. Bhide-Deshpande also received guidance from , Pt. Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009.

Education

Dr. Bhide-Deshpande holds a Masters degree in Microbiology and earned a doctorate in Biochemistry from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Sangeet-Visharad and Masters degree in Music.

Performing career

It was not until she completed her doctorate, when Dr. Bhide-Deshpande even considered a professional career in music. Despite, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande was well received by musical connoisseurs since her late teens. Since the late 1980s, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande has been on concert tours to every continent and frequently performs at prestigious music conferences around the world, including the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav in Pune, Maharashtra. Her 'Jasrangi Jugalbandi concerts' with Shri. Sanjeev Abhyankar received mixed response from the audience.

Musical style

Because of her influences from the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, and also from Mewati Gharana and Patiala Gharana Dr. Bhide-Deshpande, has created her own musical style. She holds a strong command over the three primary saptaks.

Composer

Dr. Bhide-Deshpande has an intimate understanding of Bandish and bandish-composition and has created many of her own bandishes, which she has published in her book, Raag Rachananjali (2004). A sequel titled "Ragarachananjali 2", containing 98 more bandishes (compositions) was published in 2010.

Ashwini Bhide is not only a music scholar but is also blessed with a beautiful voice. I have personally known Ashwini since her early teens and it makes me so happy to see her blossom into such a wonderful Khayal singer. She has earned the reputation of being one of the top young artists of India... Having learnt many old compositions, she has been able to retain the spirit of the tradition through the dialects she has used as well as pay attention to the subject matter!

— Pt. Ravi Shankar[2]

Students

Ashwini Bhide is also a powerful teacher, as well as performer and has taught a handful of distinguished disciples like Saniya Kulkarni-Patankar, Revati Kamat, Shruti Ambekar, Saili Oak Kalyanpur, Shivani Haldipur.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "An innovative evening raga". The Telegraph. July 27, 2007.
  2. ↑ Bhide-Deshpande, Ashwini (2004), Raga Rachananjali, Raj Hans Prakashath, pp. Preamble, ISBN 81-7434-296-6
  3. ↑ http://www.ashwinibhide.in/index_files/published.htm

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